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Antwerpen {Antwerp} (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

️David M. Cheney

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
1970	1,200,000	1,330,506	90.2%	1,107		1,107	1,084			5,336	306	ap1971
1980	1,228,726	1,370,875	89.6%	919	672	1,591	772	10	908	4,462	317	ap1981
1990	1,318,521	1,390,027	94.9%	701	559	1,260	1,046	37	739	3,453	320	ap1991
1999	1,302,160	1,433,845	90.8%	520	503	1,023	1,272	61	623	2,582	318	ap2000
2000	1,301,088	1,436,482	90.6%	519	492	1,011	1,286	62	611	2,483	316	ap2001
2001	1,283,503	1,433,174	89.6%	506	513	1,019	1,259	65	629	2,385	316	ap2002
2002	1,281,722	1,440,672	89.0%	468	493	961	1,333	65	600	2,296	316	ap2003
2003	1,280,563	1,446,757	88.5%	447	461	908	1,410	68	560	2,204	313	ap2004
2004	1,281,702	1,454,396	88.1%	426	465	891	1,438	73	562	2,137	317	ap2005
2006	1,289,847	1,468,265	87.8%	394	445	839	1,537	77	526	1,927	310	ap2007
2012	1,265,000	1,536,000	82.4%	293	333	626	2,020	73	405	1,387	301	ap2013
2015	1,208,000	1,566,000	77.1%	242	310	552	2,188	72	379	1,147	297	ap2016
2018	1,218,800	1,579,330	77.2%	208	277	485	2,512	76	324	926	291	ap2019
2020	1,215,000	1,586,590	76.6%	196	233	429	2,832	75	233	611	290	ap2021
2022	1,174,162	1,533,263	76.6%	165	187	352	3,335	69	187	703	280	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Source(s)

Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp, Anvers}
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 81
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 247
Diocese of Antwerpen {Antwerp}
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 765, and Page 766
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 194, and Page 195

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